Dispensing device for receptacles



No. 820,062. PATENTED MAY 8, 1906.

A. J. MOTTLAU. DISPENSING DEVICE FOR REGEPTAGLES.

, APPLICATION FI LED FEB.25,1905.

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AUGUST J. MOTTLAU, OF NEW roan, N. r, assissos o BoRuENs CONDENSED MILK00., A (,QRPORATION or NEW. JERSEY.

DiSPENSlNG DEJECEE FOR RECEPTACLES Specification of Letters Patent;

Patented May 8, 1906.

Application filed February 25;l905. Serial No. 247,241..

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, AUGUST J. MOTTLAU, a subject of the King of Denmark,residing at the city of New York, in the borough of Manhattan and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDispensing Devices for Receptacles, of which and exact description.

My invention'relates to combined means for storing and handlingpulverized materials requiring for their preservation exceptionalexclusion of air or moisture and under con-v ditions involving repeatedand hasty withdrawals'of specified portions thereof;

The pulverized material to which I par ticularly refer is malted milk,for instance; and the object of my invention is to provide therefor areceptacle of such construction as to exclude the atmosphere or liquidsto an exceptional degree from reaching the main body of'the malted milkcontained in such receptacle, while at the same time admitting ofexceptionally rapid access to acomparatively small uncovered portion ofsuch malted milk, withdrawal therefrom of a specified part by means of adispensing instrumentality normally kept within the malted milk itself,and thus exempted from accumulating moisture, and also the returnof'said dispensing instrumentality to its said normal position and therecovering of the receptacle. I

attain these objects by the devices and com- .u

binations of devices ii strated in the accompany ng drawings, in whichFigure 1 IS a vertical section of my inven-' tion, partly in elevation.Fig. 2 is detaii front elevation of the cover and dispensinginstrumentaiity. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the detail illustrated inFig. 2.

My combination of devices may be treated as comprising three elements orparts. (Respectiveiy indicated in Fig. 1 by the letters E B and by thedetails shown in Figs. 2 and 3.)

E is a container or receptacle, the sides of which are downwardlycontracted and preferably constructed of glass, so as Without opening todisclose its contents.

B is a reservoir, constructed,preferably, of metal and provided, asshown, with an apropriate base A of such proportions to insure itsstability. Reservoir E is detachably connected with receptacie E by anyconvenient means adapted to secure as airso as to insure ted milk in re{and protected. concition. ithat the special relation to passage 0, asaforesaid and .as

tight a seam as possible between the partsas, for instance, ascrew-threaded connection, as shown in Fig. 1 at e. Reservoir B is .con-

structed so as to comprise two separate passages b and 0, both extendingupwardly from the main body of the reservoir. One of these passages"admits therethrough into the reser-- voir the contents of receptacle E.The other passage affords access from without to the contents ofreservoir B. It will be observed that by reason of the constructionshown the pulverized contents of receptacle E pass therefrom intoreservoir B and tend to rise into assage 0 above the level of themateriai divi in the latter from passage 2'), whereby the said contentsare exposed to the atmossphere onl ,on the surface thereof withinpassage c. tis desirable that receptacle E should be constructed asair-tight as possible, If a cover f is used, any convenient means shouldbe emplo ed to secure its combination with receptac e E in as air-tighta manner as possible.

f is a cover for the open passage of reservoir B, which cover ispreferably constructed in anyconvenient form to as to insure asefficacious a seal as possible for the contents. The cover f may beadvantageously constructed so as to present a conical pro ection intothe opening, which seats itself tightly when home to place in arevcrseiy-coned portion of the passage. To cover Irigidly secure adispensing instrument or spoon gand provide the thus combined cover andspoon with a convenient handle g. The dispensing instrument g ispreferably disposed that its spoon part proper shall be normallycontained within and covered by the malted miik, thus insuring its beingwithdrawn full of the malted miik whenever coverf is removed and alsoand particulariy preserving the spoon and all parts of the dis ensingimplement contacting with the i uisitely and desirable dry It will beobserved construction of cover fin its shown in Fig. 1, results inassisting automatically in the centering and descent of the cover to itsnormal seat when the-combined cover and dispensing implement are afterwithdrawal thrust back to normal place in relation to reservoir 3, themalted-milk contents being of such character as to present substantiallyno obstruction to the entry therein of the spoon when coverfis restoredto place. g g

The operation of my device is as follows: The malted milk is introducedinto receptacle E until same is filled, likewise passage 7) andreservoir 5 and passage c to a level above the division between thepassages b and c. When it is desiredtc withdraw for use a portion of thecontents, the-combined cover f and dispensing instrument 9 areWithdrawn, conveniently by manipulating the handle 9'. The spoon g willdeliver the required quantity of malted milk, after which the cover andits combined dispensin instrsmcnt are ,likewise by a single movementrestored to normal osition and the contents again covered. I will heobserved that as the contents are withdrawn from time to time the levelthereof in receptacle E will graduallydescend; but the construction issuch that at all times the malted. mill; contained in my device will besubstantially excluded from injurious access thereto of atmosphere ormoisture except only at the momentarily-exposed surface Within the passae 0, which latter, owing to its disposition relatively to the bulk ofthe contents, precludes in an exceptional degree the communication tothe latter of any deteriorating influences to which it may momentarilybe exposed, duripg the momentar uncoveringsof passage (3.

It wi 1 be observed that the receptacle or container E-is downwardlycontracted that is to say, its diameter is greater at the top than atthe bottom-tlie interior of the receptacle being conoidal or thefrustum-of an in-v verted cone; also, that the shape, proportions, andmutual relations'of the receptacle E, reservoir B, including itspassages d and c and dispensing instrument 9, are such that the latteris normally when the passage 0 is closed directly located under thecentral lon-v itudinal axis of receptacle E, from which it i ollows thatthe contents of E are partially supported by the sides of receptacle E,their descent retarded correspondingly and desin ably, and tendency tooverflow passage 0 obviated, whereas the normal position of s con 9insures in each instance the withdl awal of contents fromthe center ofthe bottom of the column contained in E and Z),

' thereby insuring more uniform delivery. It

1 scenes bridging of the contents in .b is diminished comparativelyloose condition of the "contentpdniJpinsured, relieved in a measure fromthe entire weight of the column of con-.

tents contained in'E, thus further facilitating the withdrawal of thecontents by the spoon a.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is the following, viz.:

1. The combination of a race tacle havin its interior umformly downwar1y contracted to its minimum diameter at an outlet down 2. Thecombination of a rece tacle having its interior uniformly downwar ycontracted to its minimum diameter at an outlet (1mm wardly disposed, areservoir disposed be neatlr said receptacle connected therewith throughsaid opening and having a delivery" openin upwardly disposed, a movablecover normal y closing said delivery-opening of said reservoir and adispensing implement rigidly secured to said cover and havin a spoonmember normally disposed within said reservoir and underlyin the centralve-rtical' longitudinal axis of sai receptacle.

3. The combination of a reservoir having tvlo upwardlyextending separateopenings, a longitudinal vertically-disposedreceptacle uniformlytapering to. its minimum diameter at a bottom outlet concentric with andcommunicating with one of said openings. of said reservoir, and, onanother opening of said reservoir a cover comprising a dispensingimplement having a spoon element normally disposed within said reservoirdirectly and under the central vertical axes of said receptacle and ofsaid opening connecting therewith.

In witness whereof I subscribe my signature in the presenize of twowitnesses.

' AUGUST J. MOTTLAU.

Witnesses FRANK S. Oman, l/VALDO M. OHAPIN.

